Hickman claims board subjected him to ‘pattern of abuse’
Testimony from Philip Hickman on Friday dominated the final day of the termination hearing of the former Columbus Municipal School District superintendent.
Hickman hearing reveals phone ‘threat’
A recording of a telephone call in which the attorney for the Columbus Municipal School District said then-school superintendent Philip Hickman threatened a board member with a lawsuit if the board member didn’t vote to extend Hickman’s employment contract highlighted Thursday’s opening day of Hickman’s termination hearing at Brandon Central Services.
Hickman requests termination hearing
The Columbus Municipal School Board approved the hiring of a legal consultant during a special call meeting Friday, a day after an attorney for former superintendent Phillip Hickman requested a termination hearing.
Public meetings set for superintendent search input
The Mississippi School Board Association will hold a pair of community meetings in March to gather input as it begins its search for the next Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent.
CMSD removing ‘For Sale’ signs at central office
For sale or not for sale? That was the question during Monday’s meeting of the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees.
CMSD board chooses superintendent search firm
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to hire the Clinton-based Mississippi School Boards Association to conduct the district’s next superintendent search.
Six search firms submit bids to help replace CMSD supt.
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees plans to choose a search firm for the hiring of a new superintendent on Jan. 17.
CMSD to begin search for superintendent after vote to renew Hickman’s contract fails
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted to begin a search for a new superintendent Monday after two failed motions to extend the tenure of current superintendent, Philip Hickman, whose contract expires at the end of June.
Superintendent candidates see great potential in SOCSD
All three candidates vying to become Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s next superintendent agree the school district has the potential to be one of the best public school systems in Mississippi.
SOCSD begins introducing, interviewing superintendent finalists today
Three finalists for the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s upcoming superintendent vacancy will meet district stakeholders and interview with the school board today, Friday and Monday.
SOCSD board begins planning for superintendent search
The Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Board of Trustees took the first steps in laying out a plan for its superintendent search on Tuesday evening.
Superintendent search, bonds on school board agenda
The Starkville-Oktibbeha School District Board of Trustees will begin laying out a plan at a meeting this evening to replace Superintendent Lewis Holloway next year.
Greenville school board says it’s firing superintendent
A day after refusing to clarify his status, the Greenville school board definitively said Friday that it’s firing its superintendent immediately.
3 groups submit SOCSD superintendent search proposals
Three firms are vying for a contract to handle the upcoming search for Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Superintendent Lewis Holloway’s successor.
Brooks defeats primary challenger Turner
After a long, sometime combative race with challenger Marty Turner, incumbent Leroy Brooks won yesterday’s Democratic primary election for the Lowndes County District 5 supervisor race.
CMSD supe addresses ‘integrity’ questions
The Columbus Municipal School District superintendent told a room full of local business leaders Tuesday that despite recommending the school board hire his wife’s uncle to work for the district, he never intended to go through with the move.
Our View: Legal? Yes. Ethical? Not quite.
Awkward. Embarrassing. Uncomfortable. Familiar.
Any of these words could be used to describe the moment during Monday’s Columbus Municipal School Board meeting when assistant superintendent Craig Shannon, in his one and only act as the district’s temporary personnel director, recommended the hiring of the wife of schools superintendent Philip Hickman for a teaching position.
Relative of CMSD’s Hickman declines position
A Chicago-based educator tapped to be director of schools within the Columbus Municipal School District has declined to accept the position, according to a letter the district’s superintendent sent The Dispatch late last week.
Our View: A stumbling start
Monday afternoon, Philip Hickman, the new superintendent of schools in Columbus, met with The Dispatch editorial board. We left that meeting with a guarded sense of optimism.
School board bewildered by supe’s relation to new hire
A new hire within the Columbus Municipal School District left some school board members in the dark and wondering why they were unaware that the hire is related to the newly appointed superintendent.